Ice-cream can.



No. 705,55I. Patented July 29, |902.

nj BA'uEns. ICE CREAM CAN,

(Application Bled Feb. 5, 1902.)

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,Hw Illu MII lin," Imlw UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD BAUERS, OF J OI-INSTGWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

14o E-o REAM CAN.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,551, dated July 29, 1902.

Application led February 5,

T0 all whom, t may concern.-

Beit known that I, RICHARD BAUEEs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Cream Cans, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certainnew and useful improvements-in ice-cream-cans, and relates more particularly to that class adapted for the reception of brick ice-cream.

, My invent-onhas for its object an ice-cream can adapted to receive any number of dierently-iiavored creams or ices, whereby any quantity of cream, such as one gallon, may be separated into any number of parts and placed within the receptacle for service to the family ordering the same from the caterer.`

My invention has for its'further object a device of this character which shall be extremely simple in construction, strong, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and one which will permit the cold air to circulate above and below theseveral compartments. i

With the above and otherobjects in view the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in wh ich- Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional View of the device, showing the same complete. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the inner receptacle. Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the top or cover of the outer receptacle removed. Y Fig. 4 isa perspective view of one of the drawers or compartments.

In the practice of theinvention the outer y casing 1 has a 'closedbottom' 2 and carries of the receptacle 5 carries a handle 6 and 1902. sel-mno. 92.673. (No model.) i

has depending flanges 7, the lower ends of which are bent over and receive strengthening-wire 8, the construction being similar to that of the ledge 3.

rlheinner receptacle comprises a series of standards, two of which are bent at right angles and form the rear corner-supports 9, and two of said standards are fiat and form the front sidesnpport 9. VThese standards carry the bottom 10, of less size than the bottom 2 of the outer receptacle, and are connected together by a series of drawer slides or supports 11, having-their upper edges secured to the standards andtheir lower edges bent at right angles and receiving the drawer.

The drawers or compartments 12 slideIfreely upon these slides 11 and carry handles 13 on their outer ends, whereby the sameymay be readily removed and replaced in position. The top of the inner casing 14 has a handle 15 secured thereto in order to permit of the entire innei` casing being bodily removed. At the front face of the inner casingaseries of connecting-shelves 16, having their ends 17 bent upwardly at right angles, are'secured to the standards 9 9', serving the double purpose of aifording a rigid frame as well as a snpportfor the outer end of the drawers. I desire to call attention to the factu that the framework beingopen and the severaldrawers'or compartments being` located or having spaces between themselvespermits the ready circulationof the cold air, retaining the cream or ices in their frozen state.

In the practice of course it is to be understood that the entire outer casing is surrounded by ice or any other cooling agent, whereby the temperaturepof the ices or cream containedWithirrthe` innermcasing may at all times be retained in the'frozenstate.

We will suppose .that one family desires a gallon of cream or ices of different flavors which the caterer readily provides for by removing one or more ofthe receptacles or drawers and places therein thepropo'rtion or amount of that flavor desired, replaces the same within the inner casing, and continues the operation until the entire quantity ordered has been placed within the receptacles or conipartments, at which time the inner casing is placed within the outer casing, the cover 5 placed thereon, and the outer casing sur- IOO rounded by any cooling agent and then conconveyed to the destination.

I of course do not wish to limit myself to the construction set forth herein, as it is obvious that Various changes may be made in the details of construction and combination of parts without departing from the general spirit and scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a device of the character described, the combination with an outer receptacle, of an inner receptacle comprising a series of vertically-arranged standards, the two rear standards being right angular in cross-section, a 

